VPN-940

12/12/1996
CHRISTMAS POLAR BEARS
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
64 ST AND 5 AVE, MANHATTAN
-MOMS AND CHILDREN DECORATE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH STRUNG POPCORN, A RAW CHICKEN IS ON THE TOP LIKE A STAR, APPLES, RAW FISH, DRUMSTICKS, FOREIGN LANGUAGES ARE HEARD
-CU OF THE POLAR BEAR ENCLOSURE, PIGEONS EATING
-POLAR BEARS ENTER AND EAT FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND LITTLE KIDS WATCH
-MONKEYS NIT PICKING AND HAVING SEX, SEALS, BANNER FOR THE CENTRAL PARK WILDLIFE CENTER

12/12/1996
CEILING COLLAPSE IN SUBWAY
LAFAYETTE STREET AND CANAL STREET, IRT #6, CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN
-FDNY EMTS AND FIREFIGHTERS TREAT VICTIM, PARAMEDICS CARRY OUT VICTIM WITH FACE COVERED, UP STAIRS TO AMBULANCE, WINTER NIGHT WITH COLD RAIN, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS
-PLATFORM AT CANAL STREET, WORKERS LOOK AT DAMAGED CEILING, EXT OF CANAL STR STATION, CHINESE CHARACTERS

12/12/1996
OFF-DUTY COP (JERRY DEAN) SHOT IN ROBBERY ATTEMPT
82-20 ASTORIA BLVD AND 82 AVE AND ELMHURST HOSPITAL, QUEENS
-NYPD POLICE CARS AND SIRENS ON DARK NIGHT ARRIVE AT HOSPITAL ENTRANCE, VIPS ENTER
-MANY COPS AND COP CARS, OFFICIALS IN WET PARKING LOT, NYPD VEHICLES, COP SEARCHES WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD, SNIFFS THROUGH GARBAGE BAGS AT DUMPSTER, HIGHWAY POLICE OFFICERS LINE UP
-CRIME SCENE AIRWAY MOTOR INN

12/13/1996
QUEENS BLAZE INJURES MANY
88-08 151 AVENUE, QUEENS, HOWARD BEACH ?
-BRICK HIGH RISE, FDNY FIRE TRUCK WITH AERIAL TOWER LADDER, MANY FIREFIGHTERS, BARCLAY WEST BUILDING
-FIREMEN WITH INJURED ON GURNEY, LONG WALK TO THE AMBULANCE, INJURED IS A FIREMAN ??
-WOMAN WAITS ON BALCONY, FIRE GUTTED APARTMENT SEE FROM BELOW, FIREMEN AT WORK
-FIREMAN ON GURNEY WHEELED TO AMBULANCE, BY FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, OLD WOMEN ARE WHEELED TO AMBULANCES, ELDERLY WOMAN WITH HAIR SET IN FOAM CURLERS ON OXYGEN
-STREET SIGN 151 AVE AND 88 ST

12/13/1996
FIRE AT RICKEL'S SHOPPING CENTER
2260 BARTOW AVE, CO-OP CITY,BRONX
-DAYTIME FIRE, FIREFIGHTER TREATED IN AMBULANCE BY FDNY EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, FIREMEN FOLDING UP HOSES IN WET PARKING LOT, BYSTANDERS WATCH, RICKEL'S EMPLOYEES, RICKEL'S SIGN AND EXT
-SIGN FOR BAY PLAZA WITH LARGE CHRISTMAS WREATH
-FIREMEN IN AND OUT OF STORE, FIRE HOSE ON THE FLOOR

12/14/1996
ARREST IN BRUTAL SUBWAY ATTACK
94 PRECINCT, GREENPOINT BROOKLYN
-YOUNG HANDCUFFED BLACK TEENS LED FROM PRECINCT TO WAITING CAR, PERP WALK
-EXT OF 94 PRECINCT ON MESEROLE AVE

12/14/1996
ARREST IN ASSAULT ON PORT AUTHORITY COPS
QUEENS CENTRAL BOOKING
-PA COPS LEAD HANDCUFFED BLACK MAN TO BOOKING, COLD RAINY DAY, PERP WALK, PA POLICE CARS

12/14/1996
ANIMAL HOSPITAL FIRE
35 AVE AND 75 ST, JACKSON HEIGHTS QUEENS
-EXT OF ANIMAL HOSPITAL AT NIGHTFDNY FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE, FIRE MARSHALS, INVESTIGATION
-MAN EXITS WITH ANIMAL IN CAGE, WOMEN HOLD CATS
-STATEMENT BY DR ACKERMAN, VETERINARIAN, ABOUT THE FIRE AT HIS HOSPITAL, IS IN SHOCK
-STREET SIGN: 71 ST AND 35 AVE

12/14/1996
TAXI CRASHES INTO A STORE
444 MADISON AVE, MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
-NYPD HAS STREET CORDONED OFF, YELLOW TAXI CRASHED INTO STORE UNDER SCAFFOLDING, DEBRIS ON STREET, DAYTIME ACCIDENT WITH WET STREETS
-NYPD SCOOTER, EXT OF BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
-STREET SIGN: EAST 49 ST AND MADISON AVE

13/14/1996
MASS ANIMAL CRUELITY (B-ROLL)
50 WEST 130 ST, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-OLD BRICK HOUSE WITH WOODEN PORCH, NYPD, MUDDY ALLEY TO BACK YARD, WOODEN STALLS FOR ANIMALS IN THE MUDDY DEBRIS FILLED YARD

12/14/1996
8 CHARGED WITH ANIMAL ABUSE
28TH PRECINCT, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-PERP WALK, HANDCUFFED BLACK MALES CHAINED TOGETHER LED FROM PRECINCT TO NYPD VAN, MAN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE
-EXT OF THE BUILDING, 28 PRECINCT

12/14/1996
SERIOUS FDNY ACCIDENT / 1 CRITICAL CITIZEN
EAST 182 ST AND PROSPECT AVE, BRONX
FDNY TRUCK AND SMASHED CAR ON SIDEWALK, IN FRONT OF BODEGA, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS, FDNY INVESTIGATION, BROTHER'S FOOD MARKET
-STREET SIGN: EAST 182 ST AND PROSPECT AVE

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